Yonge Reef

55 minutes from Lizard Island, 25 minutes from the Cod hole. Yonge Reef is an adventure drift dive and snorkel site. A cormonent reef, with lots of beautiful colours, nudibranchs, moray eels and usually home to white tip reef sharks in the shallows. Depths from 5m-20m.

Dynamite Pasage

45 Minutes from Lizard island, Dynamite boasts the best coral of all the sites with a magnificent wall drop-off. Often a drift dive or snorkel with garden eels, moray eels, cuttlefish and reef sharks. A beautiful relaxing dive with lots to see. Depths from 8m-30m.

Big Softy

A beautiful, sheer wall to drift down with an amazing topography of reef with cracks and crevices throughout. A relaxing dive with tropical reef fish, occasional grey and black tip reef shark sightings and manta rays when in season. Depths from 10m-30m.

Snake Pit

For advanced divers only. Available by private charter. Prone to strong currents but known for sightings of olive riddle sea snakes! Occasional manta ray sightings, reef sharks, eagle rays, whales when in season and moray eels. Depths from 14m- 30m. Dive site only.

MacGillivary's Reef

Also known as Banks Band, this coral sand cay reef is 20 minutes travel time from Lizard Island. A large reef system known for lots of anemone fish, schooling reef fish, moray eels, reef sharks, nudibranchs, flatworms and blue spotted lagoon rays. The sand cay is also home to noddy terns, brown footed boobies, and bridled terns. Depths from 7m-25m.

North Direction Island

35 minutes from Lizard Island, this site was used by Captain Cook, who aligned it with South Direction Island as a navigational aid. This is a sandy bottom based site known for macro life, nudibranchs, lion fish, eels, trigger fish and the resident eagle rays (along with plenty of other ray action!). Depths from 12m-25m.

Cobia Hole

Only 10 minutes from Lizard Island on a smaller vessel. A small dive site made up of boulders and rocks stacked on one another. An incredible abundance of fish schooling and macro life. Known for schools of barracuda, giant Queensland groupers, clown anemone fish, octopus, tawny nurse sharks and eels. Depths from 14m-18m Dive site only.